Sleep on, sleep on, sleep on
Little girl, sleep on, sleep on, just sleep on
Sleep on, sleep on
Just sleep on, little girl, sleep on
On, on
Well, I know you're dead and resting, darling
One day, I know the graveyard gonna be my home

Mama was rocking by the window howling, "My poor child is dead
Yeah, she dead
You know my poor child is dead and gone
Dead and gone"
"But it made me feel so good", she said
Sleep on, sweet son, sleep on
Sleep on, you know your mama's coming home
Well, that graveyard ain't too beautiful
But it will give you a home so long, so long

I wouldn't mind dying
Oh, poor Lightning just have to lay dead so long
I wouldn't mind dying, but I just have to lay dead so long, so long
Oh, so long
I earned a chance to come back and tell my friends
No, nobody, what is going on, on?

Told my baby, "Don't you worry, don't you worry if I die, no, no
I'm gonna leave your littlе bed warm, darlin'"
That's what I said, don't you worry, poor Lightning laid down to die
Don't you know I'm gonna leavе your little bed warm?
You know I can't worry when I'm dead and gone, baby
One thing, little girl, I know you is coming home, home
Sleep on
Sleep on, on